Shloka : 62

आचार्येणैव दत्तं यद्यश्च तेन प्रतिष्ठितम् ।

कृष्णास्वरु़पं तत्सेव्यं वन्द्यमेवेतरत्तु यत् ॥ 62 ॥

અને જે શ્રીકૃષ્ણનું સ્વરૂપ પોતાને સેવવાને અર્થે ધર્મવંશના જે આચાર્ય તેમણે જ આપ્યું હોય, અથવા તે આચાર્યે જે સ્વરૂપની પ્રતિષ્ઠા કરી હોય, તે જ સ્વરૂપને સેવવું અને તે વિના બીજું જે શ્રીકૃષ્ણનું સ્વરૂપ તે તો નમસ્કાર કરવા યોગ્ય છે પણ સેવવા યોગ્ય નથી. ॥ 62 ॥

And the worshipping form of Shri Krishna, which has been given or installed by the religiously appointed preceptor, should be worshipped. It is appropriate to bow down to the other forms of Shri Krishna but not to worship them. || 62 ||

Commentary

A person, who follows the code of conduct, initiates his disciples into the code of conduct, contemplates the meaning of the scrip­tures, understands the esence of the scriptures and teaches them to others, is called an 'Acharya'. Now, one should serve the worshipping form of Shri Swaminarayan Bhagwan given or in­stalled by such 'Acharya'. It is appropriate to bow down with full devotion to the other forms given or installed by someone other than such 'Acharya'. But it is not appropriate to serve or worship these forms.

Besides, the idol of God should not be considered mere stone, metal, wood or a picture. People, who consider an idol of God as stone etc. material, Guru as an ordinary human being, a devotee by his caste, water from a place of pilgrimage which has been blessed by the God and His devotees and which purifies all the sins of Kaliyuga as ordinary water, the name of God which can diminish all the sins as a common word and the Ultimate Supreme Being as any other living being, attain hell.